Let Them Eat...Cake? - Men's Folio

Let Them Eat…Cake?

Whether you are a novice host or an experienced cook, these essential recipes will help you master the world’s most beloved suppers. A mere hour in the oven, a sprinkle of salt, and the season’s most succulent bags are all you need to present a picture-perfect feast every parent would approve.

By Manfred Lu

Evening bag, Chanel

Le Bijou Parisien Le Bijou Parisien

500g flour
1/4 cup water
1tsp. salt
1tsp. yeast
Soupçon malt sugar
50g E 175 edible gold
1/2 tsp. CMC powder
1 bottle pure tung oil

Veneto bag, Bottega Veneta

Ketupat Permata Biru Ketupat Permata Biru

500g glutinous rice
1/2 cup fresh blueberry juice
1/4 cup blueberry puree
1 tsp. fine sea salt
1 tbsp. malt sugar (For that professional “patisserie” sheen)
200ml thick coconut milk
12-15 pandan or coconut leaves

Camero bag, Acne Studios

Den Glimrande Smörgåstårtan

3 cups sliced florida oranges
2 lbs. chopped grilled cheese sandwiches
1 can congealed vegetable shortening
1 tbsp. powdered hide glue
1/2 cup orange marmalade paste
A dash of artificial citrus musk

Baguette bag, Fendi

Il Gran Tesoro d’Uva e Pesce

1 lb. salt-cured sardine bellies
2 cups bruised red globe grapes
1 can congealed beef tallow
1/2 cup grey liver paste
Dash of concentrated civet musk
1 bottle industrial mineral oil
50g bleached bone meal

Speedy P9 bag, Louis Vuitton

Cabbage-In-Jelly Jubilee

1 small head sulfurous boiled cabbage
3 cups lukewarm lemon-lime gelatin
1 can sweetened condensed petroleum jelly
1/2 cup curdled heavy cream
A dash of synthetic sulfur essence

Bonnie bag, Prada

Cookies-And-Cattle Carnival

1 lb. raw gristly chuck steak
2 pints melted cookies and cream ice cream
1 can sweetened industrial beef tallow
1 tbsp. powdered bone char
1/2 cup crushed chocolate wafer grit
A dash of artificial meat musk
1 bottle high-gloss lard oil
50g bleached corn starch

Illustrations Rasydan Zulkefli

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